2015 Spring Meeting Presentations
Jump to day: Wednesday | Thursday
The following is a list of presentations from sessions at the 2015 Spring Meeting in Houston, Texas.
Wednesday, May 13
Myth and Facts: What Will Millennial’s Do Next?
2:15 p.m.–4:15 p.m.
- M. Leanne Lachman
President, Lachman Associates LLC - Stockton Williams
Executive Director, ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing
Returns on Resilience
2:45 p.m.–4:15 p.m.
- Molly McCabe
President and Founder, HaydenTanner LLC - Tom Bacus
Partner and Managing Principal, Sherwood Design Engineers - Jim P. Batchelor
Principal, Arrowstreet
At the Corner of Healthy and Profitable: The Return on Investment in Developing Healthy Places
2:45 p.m.–4:15 p.m.
- Gadi Kaufmann
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, RCLCO - Andrew P. Cohen
Co–Chief Executive Officer, Gensler - David P. Cropper
Managing Director, TMG Partners - Stephan Nygren
Managing Partner, Serenbe - Clare De Briere
Chief operations officer and executive vice president,The Ratkovich Company
Mayors’ Forum: Rose Fellows Share City Development Perspectives
2:45 p.m.–4:15 p.m.
- Clarence Anthony
Executive Director, National League of Cities, and
Former Mayor, South Bay, Florida
Thursday, May 14
The Wall of International Capital Targeting U.S. Real Estate: Why? Who? And What?
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
- Matthew Richards
Director and Head, International Capital Group, JLL
Capitalizing on Logistics Infrastructure
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
- Curtis Spencer
President, IMS Worldwide Inc.
Learning in Real Time: Experts Share Their Forecasts for Real Estate in ’15, ’16, and ’17
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
- Lee Menifee
Managing Director, Prudential Real Estate Investors
Health Care as a Catalyst for Development
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
- Peter B. Calkins
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Forest City Enterprises Inc. - Maurice Ouellette
Vice President, Corporate Development, Century Group - Eric Sheffels
President, Leggat McCall Properties
Beyond Mobility: Innovative Transportation to Create Sustainable Communities and Long-Term Economic Development
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
- Kurt Luhrsen
Vice President, Service Planning and Transit System Reimagining Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County - Danny Pleasant
Director, Department of Transportation, City of Charlotte
Ports, Trade, and Logistics: What’s Driving Industrial Real Estate?
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
- Curtis Spencer
President, IMS Worldwide Inc.
EB5, Now in the Major Leagues
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
- Jeffrey L. Berkowitz
President, Berkowitz Development Group - Scot P. O’Brien
Corporate Practice Group Leader, Washington, D.C. Region
Akerman LLP
Developing a Medical City: Lessons from the Texas Medical Center
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
- Shawn W. Cloonan
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Texas Medical Center
How Exactly Should Money Work in Real Estate? Skills for Real Estate Development Professionals
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
- Alan Razak
Principal, AthenianRazak LLC
Equity or Debt? Public or Private? An Overview of Investment Options
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
- David J. Lynn
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Everest High Income Property
Redefining Health Care-Driven Real Estate and Economic Development: Sky Ridge Medical Center and Ridgegate MPC
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
- Kevin Kucera
Director of Real Estate, HCA/HealthONE
New Intersections: Parking, Urban Mobility, and Technology
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
- Paul Wessel
Executive Director, Green Parking Council - Kurt Buecheler
Senior vice president, business development and channel partners,
Streetline Inc.
Office Evolution: The Emerging Workscape
1:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
- Andrew Laing
Global Practice Leader, Strategy+, AECOM
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How Today’s e-Commerce Trends Impact Commercial Real Estate
1:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
- Jim Tompkins
Chief Executive Officer, Tompkins International
Where’s the Capital for Mixed-Use Projects?
2:45 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
- Kelly Layne
Director, HFF
Mixed Use—Mixed Results
2:45 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
- Jonathan H. Brinsden
Chief Executive Officer, Midway - Kathryn Bucklew
Vice President, Investments, EDENS - John E. McNellis
Partner, McNellis Partners
Mixed Use in the Suburbs
2:45 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
- Jim Carman
Director of Building Development, The Howard Hughes Corporation - Les A. Newton
President, Planned Community Developers
Optimizing Today’s Infill Opportunities
2:45 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
- Kimberly Byrum
Senior Vice President, Advisory, Meyers Research LLC
More Than Skin Deep: High-Performance Models in Repositioning Urban Office Towers
2:45 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
- John Mooz
Senior Managing Director, Hines - Sara B. Queen
Senior Vice President, Asset Management Brookfield Property Group
“There” There: New Place-Making Paradigms in Hot U.S. Suburban Markets
2:45 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
- W. Aaron Thielhorn
Managing Director, Trammell Crow Company